Wisconsin Chapter for Music Therapyhttp://musictherapywisconsin.org
A community initiative for both professional and non-professinal music therapists in the state of Wisconsin.Mon, 23 Mar 2015 14:49:11 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1More music therapists needed in psychiatric health care, says researcherhttp://musictherapywisconsin.org/in-the-news/more-music-therapists-needed-in-psychiatric-health-care-says-researcher/
http://musictherapywisconsin.org/in-the-news/more-music-therapists-needed-in-psychiatric-health-care-says-researcher/#commentsThu, 03 Jul 2014 14:54:09 +0000http://musictherapywisconsin.org/?p=2750Music can help those without the means to express themselves to communicate. There is a need for more music therapists in psychiatric health care, says researcher Karin Mössler at Uni Research in Bergen, Norway. To read more about this topic, click here.
]]>http://musictherapywisconsin.org/in-the-news/more-music-therapists-needed-in-psychiatric-health-care-says-researcher/feed/0AMTA Sets the Record Straighthttp://musictherapywisconsin.org/in-the-news/amta-sets-the-record-straight/
http://musictherapywisconsin.org/in-the-news/amta-sets-the-record-straight/#commentsMon, 27 Jan 2014 21:17:16 +0000http://musictherapywisconsin.org/?p=2611SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT: What Music Therapy Is and Is Not. The American Music Therapy Association released a press release to help spread the word on what music therapy is and what music therapists do. To read this press release, click here!
]]>http://musictherapywisconsin.org/in-the-news/amta-sets-the-record-straight/feed/0The Healing Power Of Musichttp://musictherapywisconsin.org/in-the-news/the-healing-power-of-music-2/
http://musictherapywisconsin.org/in-the-news/the-healing-power-of-music-2/#commentsThu, 26 Dec 2013 14:30:38 +0000http://musictherapywisconsin.org/?p=2569WPR does a story on music and memory. Brenna Beecroft, WCMT music therapist, talks about how music is used to bring comfort and healing to patients. To listen, click here!
]]>http://musictherapywisconsin.org/in-the-news/the-healing-power-of-music-2/feed/0How Music Therapy Workshttp://musictherapywisconsin.org/in-the-news/how-music-therapy-works/
http://musictherapywisconsin.org/in-the-news/how-music-therapy-works/#commentsWed, 07 Aug 2013 19:35:47 +0000http://musictherapywisconsin.org/?p=2441Recently an article about music therapy was posted in Boston Magazine.

A seriously ill patient gets used to seeing many things during his or her hospital stay: IVs, medications, doctors in white coats. And, sometimes, guitars, drums, and sheet music. Once an alternative method, music therapy is becoming increasingly integrated into medical care, so much so that it is now used for ailments ranging from cancer and psychiatric illness to babies born prematurely. The therapy builds on traditional counseling practices by incorporating, depending on the patient’s needs and interests, things like instrument playing, singing, and listening to music, helping to unleash creativity, reduce discomfort, and enhance the overall experience of being in the hospital. And it’s not just an untested, new age therapy—the experts say it works. To read more, click here.

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http://musictherapywisconsin.org/in-the-news/music-as-medicine/#commentsSat, 01 Jun 2013 02:55:46 +0000http://musictherapywisconsin.org/?p=2394At just 10 years old, little Pammie Quintero-Rodriguez has already spent much of her life in and out of University of Iowa Children’s Hospital. She’s had more than 13 surgeries, mostly for heart and lung ailments, and has been admitted several times with respiratory problems.

Many days she feels tired and prefers to sleep. But that’s not the case when Kirsten Nelson knocks on Pammie’s door and walks into the room with a guitar slung over her shoulder, When Kirsten comes, Pammie gets to sing—and sometimes music is the only thing that makes her happy.

“Those are the most powerful days for me as a therapist, when I go in to see a patient and they’re really down, and then when the music starts you just see that spark,” Nelson says.
Nelson is a music therapist at UI Children’s Hospital, one of three board-certified music therapists at UI Hospitals and Clinics. Through her work, Nelson brings music to hospitalized children in a variety of ways, from singing and listening to music to writing songs and playing music games. To read more, click here.

]]>http://musictherapywisconsin.org/in-the-news/music-as-medicine/feed/0Tiny Preemies Get A Boost From Live Music Therapyhttp://musictherapywisconsin.org/in-the-news/tiny-preemies-get-a-boost-from-live-music-therapy/
http://musictherapywisconsin.org/in-the-news/tiny-preemies-get-a-boost-from-live-music-therapy/#commentsSat, 01 Jun 2013 02:49:04 +0000http://musictherapywisconsin.org/?p=2390As the guitarist strums and softly sings a lullaby in Spanish, tiny Augustin Morales stops squirming in his hospital crib and closes his eyes.

This is therapy in a newborn intensive care unit, and research suggests that music may help those born way too soon adapt to life outside the womb.

Some tiny preemies are too small and fragile to be held and comforted by human touch, and many are often fussy and show other signs of stress. Other common complications include immature lungs, eye disease, problems with sucking, and sleeping and alertness difficulties.

Recent studies and anecdotal reports suggest the vibrations and soothing rhythms of music, especially performed live in the hospital, might benefit preemies and other sick babies.

]]>http://musictherapywisconsin.org/in-the-news/tiny-preemies-get-a-boost-from-live-music-therapy/feed/0Music Therapists Help Ease Treatment Of Children With Severe Burnshttp://musictherapywisconsin.org/in-the-news/music-therapists-help-ease-treatment-of-children-with-severe-burns/
http://musictherapywisconsin.org/in-the-news/music-therapists-help-ease-treatment-of-children-with-severe-burns/#commentsSat, 13 Apr 2013 02:13:34 +0000http://musictherapywisconsin.org/?p=2363BOSTON — Shriners Hospital for Children in Boston is marking 10 years of its music therapy program. The program involves the clinical use of music in a medical setting to accomplish therapeutic goals such as pain management, anxiety reduction and physical rehabilitation. At Shriners in Boston, the focus is on burn care for children. Click here to read more
]]>http://musictherapywisconsin.org/in-the-news/music-therapists-help-ease-treatment-of-children-with-severe-burns/feed/0The Neurochemistry of Musichttp://musictherapywisconsin.org/in-the-news/the-neurochemistry-of-music/
http://musictherapywisconsin.org/in-the-news/the-neurochemistry-of-music/#commentsWed, 03 Apr 2013 03:42:20 +0000http://musictherapywisconsin.org/?p=2324The Neurochemistry of Music
Written by Mona Lisa Chanda and Daniel J. Levitin

Music is usedto regulatemoodand arousal in everydaylife and to promote physical and psychological health and well-being in clinical settings. However, scientiﬁc inquiry into the neurochemical effects of music is still in its infancy. In this review, we evaluate the evidence that music improves health and well-being through the engagement of neurochemical systems for (i) reward, motivation, and pleasure; (ii) stress and arousal; (iii) immunity; and (iv) social afﬁliation. We discuss the limitations of these studies and outline novel approaches for integration of conceptual and technological advances from the ﬁelds of music cognition and social neuroscience into studies of the neurochemistry

]]>http://musictherapywisconsin.org/in-the-news/the-neurochemistry-of-music/feed/0Music Therapy Helps Tackle Parkinson’shttp://musictherapywisconsin.org/in-the-news/music-therapy-helps-tackle-parkinsons/
http://musictherapywisconsin.org/in-the-news/music-therapy-helps-tackle-parkinsons/#commentsSat, 02 Mar 2013 00:40:15 +0000http://musictherapywisconsin.org/?p=2257Victor Trivett, 88, plays on his blue kazoo. The instrument is used to help regulate the breathing of people with Parkinson’s. Trivett was a ballroom dancer and a disk jockey for over thirty years, which ended when he began to manifest the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease over a year and a half ago. Now, his caretaker, Trudy Milone, 71, comes with him to music and dance therapy classes at the church. Click here to read more.
]]>http://musictherapywisconsin.org/in-the-news/music-therapy-helps-tackle-parkinsons/feed/0Music That Heals: Medical and Surgical Reliefhttp://musictherapywisconsin.org/in-the-news/music-that-heals-medical-and-surgical-relief/
http://musictherapywisconsin.org/in-the-news/music-that-heals-medical-and-surgical-relief/#commentsSat, 02 Mar 2013 00:33:01 +0000http://musictherapywisconsin.org/?p=2252WCMT’s Bonnie Barczak, Music Therapy Director at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music is featured in this article. She states, “I thought there has to be a better way that we could help patients before and after surgery. I devised a protocol to meet with the patient before surgery to help facilitate relaxation. A person responds better to anesthesia and needs less anesthesia when they are relaxed. When they’re not relaxed, the stress hormones work against anesthesia, which means a patient needs more and there are more side effects.” Click here to read the full article.
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